Information on U.S. Army helicopter UH-1C tail number 66-15132
The Army purchased this helicopter 0567
Total flight hours at this point: 00001159
Date: 01/25/1970
Incident number: 70012525.KIA
Unit: 118 AHC
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
for Close Air Support
While in Operations Area this helicopter was Attacking at 0100 feet and 100 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 1 hits from:
Explosive Weapon; Non-Artillery launched or static weapons containing explosive charges. (MINE)
The helicopter was hit in the Left Side causing a Blast.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, STRUCTURE, ARMAMENT
Casualties = 01 KIA, 01 WIA . .
The helicopter made a Forced Landing. Aircraft is later recovered by any means other than its own power.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Unknown
BIEN HOA recovered the helicopter. Repaired at BIEN HOA
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: BDART, SIF,
00641, CASRP, FM385, JSIDR (Incidents converted from the fixed-wing data base. Joint Services
Incident Damage Report. Casualty Report. Battle Damage Assessment and Reporting Team Report.
)
Crew Members:
CE SP5 HECK RONALD DAVID KIA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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